Seguin & Co. was a company based near

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. The company was involved in several business activities, the first of which was textiles but it was best known for having developed the first suspension bridges in Continental Europe and France's first commercial railway company, the Saint-Étienne–Lyon railway.

Philanthropy

The family, led by brothers Camille and Marc, gave its railway assets to the people of France, fearing that it could turn into a monopoly and not serve the greater public good.

Marc Seguin

The best known member of Seguin & Co. was French inventor

Marc Seguin Marc Seguin (20 April 1786 – 24 February 1875) was a French engineer, inventor of the wire- cable suspension bridge and the multi-tubular steam-engine boiler. Early life Seguin was born in Annonay, Ardèche to Marc François Seguin, th ...

, father of the tubular steam-engine boiler and the suspension bridge system in continental Europe.

Louis Seguin

One notable offshoot of Seguin & Co. is

Gnome et Rhône Gnome et Rhône was a major French aircraft engine manufacturer. Between 1914 and 1918 they produced 25,000 of their 9-cylinder Delta and Le Rhône 110 hp (81 kW) rotary designs, while another 75,000 were produced by various licen ...

founded by Louis Seguin in 1900, a major French aircraft engine manufacturer.

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